Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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In the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, for the Year 1882.
CAUSES. | Total Deaths at all Ages. | Under 1 Tear. | From 1 Year to 5. | From 5 Yrs. to 20. | From 20 Yrs. to 40. | From 40 Yrs. to 60. | From 60Yrs. to 80. | 80 Yrs and up wards. |
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Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 7 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 14 | ... | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Croup | 7 | ... | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 13 | 4 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
Simple Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - |
Carbuncle | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - |
Influenza | 1 | ... | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diarrhoea | 7 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | - | - | - |
Cholera (Simple) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera (Asiatic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PyƦmia | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Cynanche Maligna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Phlegmasia Dolens | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
Phlebitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Remittent Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rheumatism | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - | - |
Syphilis | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diseases of Male Organs of generation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diseases of Female Organs of generation | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Hydrophobia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Glanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Privation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Want of Breast Milk | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Purpura and Scurvy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Delirium Tremens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Intemperance | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | - | - |
Thrush | -_ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gout | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | - | - |
Dropsy | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Cancer | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Sarcoma | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - | - |
Mortification | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scrofula | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Tabes Mesenterica | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Phthisis (Consumption | 43 | 1 | ... | 2 | 18 | 19 | 3 | - |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Apoplexy | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 12 | 7 | - |
Paralysis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | - |
Chorea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Epilepsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |